Stephen Skirboll
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Neurosurgery
- Member, Bio-X
- Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
VA Neurosurgery - Palo Alto 3801 Miranda Ave Ste 112N Neurosurgery Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 852-3450 Fax (650) 852-3430
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Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Neurological Surgery
- Neurosurgery
Honors and Awards
- Journal of Neuro-Oncology Award, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, (2011)
Professional Education
| Residency: | University of Washington Medical Center, WA USA (1997) |
| Board Certification: | Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery (2002) |
| Internship: | University of Washington Medical Center, WA USA (1990) |
| Medical Education: | University of Pennsylvania PA (1989) |
| BA: | Case Western Reserve University, Psychology and Natural Sciences (1983) |
| MD: | University of Pennsylvania, Medicine (1989) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
My research focuses on screening strategies to identify and characterize cancer stem cells (CSCs) in human gliomas. We are pursuing this in several ways: 1) a novel colony-forming antibody live cell array to identify distinct CSC surface phenotypes, 2) RNAi screens to identify kinases critical for CSC tumorigenicity, 3) high throughput small molecule and chemical screens to identify compounds that selectively kill or target CSCs, and 4) identifying CSCs using the tumor specific EGFRvIII
Publications
- An RNAi screen identifies TRRAP as a regulator of brain tumor-initiating cell differentiation. Cell Stem Cell. 2010; (1): 37-47
- Health-related quality-of-life status in Veterans with spinal disorders. Qual Life Res. 2013; (1): 45-52
- Patterns of care and survival for glioblastoma patients in the Veterans population. J Neurooncol. 2012; (3): 627-35
- Pituitary adenomas can appear as hypermetabolic lesions in (18) F-FDG PET imaging. J Neuroimaging. 2010; (4): 393-6
- Reversal of preoperative catatonic state by surgical resection of an adult-onset craniopharyngioma: case report and review of the literature. Cogn Behav Neurol. 2009; (1): 67-71
- Cargo areas of pickup trucks: an avoidable mechanism for neurological injuries in children. J Neurosurg. 2007; (5 Suppl): 368-71
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